Wow! Such a good movie.

Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

After a series of brutal murders, a Milan police detective and his girlfriend struggle to find the connection between the victims until a break in the case points them to a rather curious prospective culprit as the killing spree continues to terrorize the city.This here turned out to be quite the fun and enjoyable Spanish giallo. Despite not being from the prototypical country that produced these films, the fact that it feels so close in structure and overall tone to the Italian models make for quite an incredible time here. The opening starts off with some rather enjoyable old- school giallo set-ups in the opening ambush attacks on first the drug addict and a later scene of the prostitute out on her walk stumbling into the killer which seem like entertaining giallo set- pieces. With the emphasis on focusing on the black-gloved killer, the twisting story-line that brings along numerous red herrings and potential suspects winding along throughout here and outlandish, gory kills there's plenty of incredibly fun nods to the more proficient Italian models being produced as well. The most impactful part, though, is the sleaze and weirdness aspects here which is quite fun getting both of these involved in the film from the absolutely fun way it works the striptease burlesque show and the intervening display where she gets pimped out for the guy who enjoys necrophiliac sex-play before finding the killer involved in the proceedings, a rather inviting bit of topless armchair clue-solving and a really exciting foot-chase through an amusement park against a cross-dresser that ultimately ends with a gunfight on a roller- coaster that's a great action scene as well as the kind of enjoyably trashy aesthetic that comes with the idea of the man chasing him down while in drag. The fact that there's a lot to like here with the main mystery, from the reasoning behind the dragonfly pins and the connection to the past which comes with the whole meaning in the current rampage against the specific targets here makes this a wholly enjoyable and engaging story-line that plays out rather well in setting up the nice finale, which all manages to make this one fun enough to hold out over it's few flaws. The biggest issue here is the fact that there's not a whole lot of action here in between the confrontations, with this one tending to go for a series of action-packed spurts only to slow down quite a bit before ramping up again, and that does leave a rather sluggish pace at times. As well, there's the weird inclusion of the Nazi biker gang which really seems to be thrown in for no reason and makes no special significance to their appearance. Along with the rather underwhelming finale that just seems to end without much fanfare which is rather disconcerting, but does tend to stick out here but otherwise these here do hold this one back somewhat.Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Language, Full Nudity and drug use.

I am aware that when I see a Leon Klimovsky film, it will be at the same time, that little bit different from the norm but just a little lacking in expertise, or funding, or both. I also tend to expect to see the likable if unreliable, Paul Naschy. Great title and great pre credit sequence and we seem destined for a great little film, despite my reservations, but soon, despite a rapid sequence of sexy killings, things are become somewhat leaden. Scenes do not flow into one another as they should, stark dialogue seems unfitting and a level of predictability builds. But never mind, Naschy does well enough as the chief investigator, I'll hear nothing said against Erika Blanc who plays his wife (and gets changed into another wonderful 70s outfit every other scene) and in truth acts the rest of the cast off the film. All in all, not a very fine film but colourful and all action with just too many of those so bad its good moments.

A Dragonfly for Each Corpse is a Spanish take on the popular Italian thriller known as the Giallo, and stars prolific Spanish horror star Paul Naschy. The Giallo was well established by 1974, and it's clear that director León Klimovsky knew this; as his film continually attempts to imitate the Italian films...but this isn't really a problem, as many of the actual Italian productions imitate each other, and it has to be said that the director hasn't done a bad job of making a non-Italian Giallo. The central plot theme has been seen in cinema many times before this film was released, and many times after; in films like Dario Argento's Tenebrae, and popular American thriller 'Seven'. We follow a killer who has taken it upon himself to clean up the streets, by picking off everyone that offends his eye. His trademark is a dragonfly, which is left at the scene of each crime, thus earning the killer the name 'The Dragonfly Killer'. We focus on the police investigation into the killings, which is lead by hard-bitten copper Inspector Scaporella.By keeping the focus away from the murders and more on the investigation, director León Klimovsky has passed up on the opportunity of making a really interesting movie. The way that the investigation is handled isn't bad, and there's enough intrigue generated to see it through; but the way that the film is handled takes the attention away from the murders...which is never good in a film like this. There is a fair amount of blood in this film, however, but it never reaches the highs that you'd expect it to given the splatter at the beginning. Paul Naschy manages to put in a good performance as the cop at the centre of the story, but some of the rest of the cast bring it down; and the film suffers from far too many nuisances with the script, which gets a little too ridiculous too many times. By far the biggest problem with the film comes at the conclusion. Giallo's are infamous for not making a lot of sense and leaving things wide open...but there's barely an explanation at all here, and it's a shame because it could have been the highlight. But even so, this is entertaining enough; and the hilarious roller-coaster getaway ensures that I won't be forgetting it soon.

This Spanish-Italian co-produced Giallo belongs to the more obscure outings of the cult genre. Most people involved in the making were Spaniards, and it has never got a release in Italy, which is unique for a film of that kind.In Milan, a killer slays drug addicts, prostitutes and other "immoral" people in nasty ways. Small dragonflies (made of wax or something like that) are left on the bodies of the victims. And the more people die, the more clues lead the investigating inspector to believe that the killer is a mutual friend of his wife and himself.The film's premise is quite interesting, although not too original. The body count is surprisingly high, although they are not as graphic as in some other Gialli. Nevertheless, the murder scenes are quite nasty. Paul Naschy (who also starred in the probably best Spanish Giallo "Los Ojos Azules de la Muneca Rota" and in the Jack-the-Ripper-inspired "Sette Cadaveri per Scotland Yard") is casted against type as the investigating officer (in the afore mentioned two Gialli he was an innocent and rather tragic suspect), and Erika Blanc does a good job as the inspector's wife who knows the killer quite well - unknowingly, of course.The problem of the film is that it becomes arbitrary after a good start. Especially the identity of the killer doesn't convince very much, his or her motive as arbitrary as the maniac's identity. Also, some scenes with the inspector investigating are merely brought in to include fight scenes or nude scenes instead of pushing the plot forward. And for good measure, there is also a gang of thugs wearing Nazi-style clothes! All in all, "Una Libelula Para cada Muerto" surely is funny and interesting for Giallo collectors, but don't expect to watch a genre movie above average.